Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies
A subsidiary of Siemens Brothers and Co of 38-9 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4, with a lamp factory at Preston.
1923 English Electric Co and Siemens Brothers and Co, principal shareholders in English Electric and Siemens Supplies, transferred their lamp manufacturing plant at Dalston and Preston to the JV company which would henceforth manage these facilities. Name changed to Siemens and English Electric Lamp Co Ltd, with registered office at Caxton House, Westminster. Products included lamps, wires, fuses, wireless apparatus, telephones and instruments[1].
By 1927, presumably had changed its name (and ownership??) to Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies Ltd
1927 Selling Xcel electric fires made by ATM
1931 Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies made or sold lamps, Xcel fires and domestic appliances, and batteries for wireless sets.[2].
1934 Patent x 2 - Improvements in electric discharge lamps.
1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Electric Lamps. (Stand No. A.607).[3]
1937 Electrical engineers. "Full O' Power" Batteries. "Siemens" Electric Lamps, Cables, Wires and Telephones. "Sieray" Electric Discharge Lamps.[4]
1938 Member of Cable Makers' Association
1954 Principal home subsidiary of Siemens Brothers and Co
1954 Siemens Electric Lamps and Supplies, Ltd. Manufacturers of all types of electric lamps and cable for aircraft and all other requirements; L.T. switch and fusegear, dry batteries of all types, lighting equipment for aircraft hangars, street lighting, etc. Telecommunication equipment. Directors: H. E. Humphries {Chairman), Dr. J. N. Aldington {Managing), R. L. Basset; C. J. N. Borg {General Manager), C. J. A. Hughes {Sales Manager)', P. D. Oakley {Works Manager)', W. G. Patterson; A. F. Street. Secretary: J. R. Naish. Head Office: 38-39, Upper Thames Street, E.C.4. Regd. Office: Caxton House, Westminster, London, S.W.l. T.: Central 2332 (20 lines). T.A.: Siemotor, Cent, London. Cables: Siemotor London. Works: Strand Road, Preston, Lancs; Fylde Road, Preston, Lancs, Branches at: Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield. Associated Companies: Siemens Brothers and Co., Ltd.; Alfred Graham and Co., Ltd.; Telephone Installations (London) Ltd.; The Siemens and General Electric Railway Signal Company, Ltd.[5]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 8 January 1923
- ↑ The Times, 22 May 1931
- ↑ * 1937 British Industries Fair p412
- ↑ * 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
- ↑ 1954 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries